Yolume G. 



JANUARY. 



Humbgr 1 



Subscription Price, 

 $1.50 a year. 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY, 1875. 



Single Copies, 

 15 cents. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 3, Kditorial.— Wire in Dried Apples. 

 Bi'St Advertisinj^ Medium. Local 

 Movements in Bu.siucss. Notes. 

 •■ 4. Editorial Notes. 



'• 5, Poetry.— To a Dandelion in January. 

 Courage to do Riylit. Tlie Forest 

 Trees. Backbone. What are we go- 

 ins to do? Don't ruu in Debt. Ac- 

 complished. 



•• C, Editorial.— A Fine Stock Farm and 

 facts from Heal Practice. 



*• T, A Fine St-ock Farm and facts from 



Ileal Practice (continued). Jerseys 

 vs. Durhamsand Ayrshires. Japan- 

 ese Maples. Etc. 



** 8, Editorial. —Raisin vs. Wine Grapes. 

 Merino and Cotswold. To prevent 

 Ruts in Roads. Shipping Meat in- 

 stead of Grain. 



*' 9, Correspondence.- Experience of a 

 Lady Canvasser. From Jas. O. Har- 

 ris. Live Slock and Population. 

 Meeting of the National Grange in 



Charleston. Roots for Stock Feed- 

 ing Orange Culture iu Upper Cali- 

 fornia. 



•• 10, Domestic— Cooking Eggs. Only fif- 

 ty cents a Week. Colored Inks. Etc. 



*• 11, Household Reading. —Home (poet- 

 ry).— Chats with Farmers' Wives and 

 Daughters — No 2. Early Rising. For 

 self or for others. Ants vs. Caterpil- 

 lars. Short-Horn Statistics. Etc. 



*♦ 13, Dairy. — Somethihg about Milk. 

 Managing Cows in Holland. Give 

 plenty of food to Cows. Etc. 



*• 13, Poultry Yard. — Eggs vs. Meat. 



Sex in Poultry. Gapes in Chickens. 



To insure the Hat<;hingof Eggs. Etc. 

 •* 14, Apiary.— Bee Culture in California. 



Nature of Bees. 



•' 15, Nature of Bees (continued).- Flori- 

 cultural,— Ferns as Window Plants. 

 A Plant St^nd. Soil for Floriculture. 

 Sand and Water for Cuttings. Salt 

 a.s Manure. 



*' IG, Porcine.— Wheat and Vegetables for 

 Hogs. Feeding Swine. Quality in 

 Pork.- Piseicnlturw.- Care of Gold 

 Fish. The Greatest Ci-op in the 

 World. 



** 17, The Sheep Herd —Combing Wools. 

 Every Farmer should be a Sheep- 

 Grower. Etc. When to Sell Wheat. 

 Etc. 



18, The Horse. — Shall we encourage 

 Walking Horses? How to purchase a 

 Horse. Mules and Horses at the 

 South. Bonner as a Horse-Fancier. 



Boys and CJirls.— Give us a Chance 

 (poetry). Time waits for no Boy.— 

 EducationaL— To Young Men. Ed- 

 ucation of Girls. 



Correspondence. 



Booms, No. 334 Santa Clara st. , San Jose. 



^. c. F s :ei is: z IT s, 



Agent for Santa Clara County. 



The Singer Seiving Narhine Conpany 

 sold, iu 1873. o3a, 444 Macbiues, aud 113,^54 



UOBB THAN ANX OIBlEA SsWINO MACHINE CuUPANV. 



fi^ We have & First-class Machinist emplnyod, ami 

 make the repairing of all eorts of Sewin;,' Machinon a 

 specialty. Old luachiues taken in exchange for new. 

 All work warranted. 



BEUKSHniE PIGS FOR SALE. 



PON'T RAISE SUCH LOOKING HOGS 

 as this when you can get Pure-bred Berk- 

 shires to improve your common stock. 

 We have now Three Pairs of as fine-bred Berkshire 

 Pigs, three months old, as can be found in America, 

 which will be 8old to tboso first ordering, if taken 

 this month, at $40 a pair. 

 Pedigrees furnished with full guarantee of purity 

 Addi-esB, 



S. HARRIS HERRING, 

 Editor California Agriculturist and Lite 

 Stock Journal, San Jose. 



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Alan, Ramie, Jute and Tobacco seeds; together with 

 a fine and complete collection of Thee seeds, Acstha- 

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 GLOVE FACTORY, 



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WILCOX & WILLIAMS, 



Manufarturers and dealirn in 



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Store and Factory: 3^9 First street, under the 

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The American Sardine Go's Boneless Sardines, are 

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A B 



To All Who Require Light for 

 Household and Other Purposes. 



The Recent production of " Mineral 



Sperm," together with the peerless Dual Burners 

 for all kinds cf lumps, is one of the most important 

 events of the times. 



Mineral Sperm Oil is as safe as sperm or lard oil, 

 has no offensive smell, and finer illuminating power 

 than any oil yet produced. 



YOU CANNOT EXPLODE IT. 



If the lamp should fall and break, the oil would ex- 

 tinguish all flame. One gallon goes as far as two of 

 the best coal oil. 



The Burners fit any lamp. Call and see them, at 

 L. H. HOLLOW AY'S, where you will find a complete 

 assortment of Lamps and l-amp Fixlures, and also the 

 completcst assortment of Groceries and Provieions, at 

 prices which defy competition. 



C. A. IZOT7CS, 



Successor to L. H. HOLLOW AY, wbo will conduct the 

 bupiness on the same liberal principles and tc-rnis 

 a£ heretofore. 



311 Santa Clara Street, 



San Jose Bank Building. 



